Beating Durham and then Kent at Southampton guaranteed the Crusaders a place at Sir Allan Stanford's Caribbean table last month.
And, even more appealing from a financial point of view, they booked a spot in the first Champions League; an eight-team, two-group tournament which Udal's men will help to launch a week tomorrow when playing Victoria in the opening game in Mumbai.
Having failed to rise to the occasion in Antigua a few weeks ago, losing to England, the Stanford Superstars and Trinidad, their first objective will be to do themselves justice. Then, Udal and his team can think about chasing riches which rise from £133,000 for just taking part up to £2m for winning the event.
"I see no reason why we can't perform very well," said the off-spinner. "We came good when it mattered in the summer and I'm backing our guys to do the same again.
"Hopefully, we will play a bit better than we did in Antigua, where we didn't adapt quickly enough to the conditions, but even then we had chances to beat both Trinidad and England."
Udal can be under no illusions, though, about the strength of the opposition in their group. Chennai can include Australian batsmen Matthew Hayden and Mike Hussey as well as Sri Lanka's record-breaking bowler Muttiah Muralitharan.
Victoria also have three Australia internationals in Cameron White, David Hussey and Brad Hodge, while Pretoria can call on South Africa stars AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.
But Middlesex are up for the fight. So much so the players have agreed to foot the bill for two extra days in Mumbai so they can be better prepared. "We want to give ourselves the best chance," said Udal.
